December Confidence Calendar I cannot believe it is December 🙂 I wanted to make sure I shared with your, the December Confidence Calendar My good friend, Tami Matheny puts this together every month Today’s tip is, “Act as if: Act as if you already have the confidence you desire.” Enjoy 🙂 Your friend and coach,… [Read More]

How to Stay Healthy This Basketball Season Whether you are a coach or player, what are you doing to stay healthy this season? Have you added in the in season strength program you downloaded? Coaches, are you having your players foam roll, dynamically stretch and do some form on strength work? Athletes, are you foam… [Read More]

How to Reduce Ankle Rolls and Ankle Sprains Let’s talk ankles Jamming or breaking a finger is part of the game and so is ankle sprains and rolls 🙂 But we can try and reduce ankle sprains and ankle rolls with these 3 exercises The 3 band exercises are: 1. Dorsi Flexion and Plantar Flexion… [Read More]

How to Reduce Hamstring Pulls in Girl Basketball Players Monday, I shared 3 foam rolling exercises that every athlete should be doing. You can check that out HERE! Today, I wanted to give you a stretch to reduce hamstring injuries Watch this 75 second video I put together to show you the band 3 way… [Read More]

The 3 Best Spots to Foam Roll to Stay Healthy and Reduce Injuries How was your weekend? I cannot believe Thanksgiving is on Thursday and the basketball season for public schools starts next Monday outside of Boston All basketball players should be performing an in-season strength program The purpose of the program is to restore… [Read More]

2 Pallof Press Variations for Basketball Players How was your weekend? A couple of weeks ago, I share 3 pallof press variations I love the pallof press because it teaches our athletes to resist movement with their core. Exactly what they need to do when they play Today, I am giving you 2 more pallof… [Read More]

3 Squat Variations for Basketball Players I wanted to give you 5 squat variations you can use with your athletes or for yourself on the basketball court All athletes should be squatting and have good form when doing so All these variations can be done on the court, so there is no reason we shouldn’t… [Read More]

I hope you had a great weekend! College basketball games finally start today and this week But for middle and high school, they don’t start until the Monday after Thanksgiving I know every state is different, but I wanted to share my thoughts about preseason training… Think of me (sports performance coach/ strength coach)… [Read More]

I put together a 75 second video talking about 3 of my favorite dynamic warm up exercises for basketball players My top 3 movement prep dynamic warm up: 1. Traveling Side Lunges 2. Walking Lunge with Twist 3. Squat to Press If you don’t have a plate to hold, have the girls hold onto… [Read More]

I put together a 75 second video talking about 3 of my favorite dynamic warm up exercises for basketball players My top 3 movement prep dynamic warm up: 1. Traveling Side Lunges 2. Walking Lunge with Twist 3. Squat to Press If you don’t have a plate to hold, have the girls hold onto a… [Read More]

With pre-season is full swing for middle and high school girls basketball, I have been training my athletes and getting them ready for the season Monday, I shared with you my top 3 core exercises right now (if you missed it, you can check it out HERE! Today, I wanted to share my top… [Read More]

Last week I posted this on social media and the response was amazing, that I wanted to share it with you This is why it is so important girls participate in sports at a young age Sports teach leadership, responsibility, respect for your coaches and for your teammates and life skills they will use… [Read More]

The last 2 weeks, I have talked about core training with basketball players I have shared low, high and side plank variations Today, I wanted to share my favorite core exercises for my athletes right now 1. Pallof Press 2. Pallof Press with overhead press 3. Pallof Press walk out I love these 3 movements,… [Read More]

How was your weekend? Last week, we talked about the core and went through different variations you can use for yourself or your athletes Remember, the job of the core is to stabilize the spine (no movement) while moving your arms and legs Also, as athletes cut, change direction, sprint, they need their torso, core… [Read More]

Not sure if you know this but I am the head strength and conditioning coach at a local private school outside of Boston In the last 2 weeks, we have talked a lot on ABS and how to train them When I work with my athletes, I always try and educate them so they know… [Read More]

Back to School Sale – My Best Selling Product Fall sports are rolling along and college basketball season officially starts on October 15th I finally did a full week of school last week, all the holidays, half days are over 🙂 Middle school, high school basketball start in 6-8 weeks depending on where you… [Read More]

Our preseason training just started its 3rd week and 2 exercises that we have been focusing on a ton is single leg deadlifts and single leg squats I was talking with my athletes because they were talking about how hard these 2 exercises are to perform with good form I 100% agree 🙂 The single… [Read More]

Today, we kick off the 2nd annual Women’s Basketball Summit I was talking with a friend that other day and we were talking about how I am creating a market for girl’s / women’s basketball Of course there is already market for basketball, but predominantly for men’s basketball So it got me thinking… As a… [Read More]

We have 4 days until we kick off the Women’s Basketball Summit 2.0 Two of the interviews, I spoke with recruiting coordinators at UNH and Loyola Chicago If your daughter or players (or you could be the athlete too) want to play in college you absolutely need to listen to these two coaches: Kelsey Hogan… [Read More]

Breakdown the KB Swing… KB Deadlift! Yesterday, I talked about, if I had to pick 1 exercise, what would it be. The Kettlebell Swing The swing is an advanced movement, but the reason I love it so much is because it works everything, strength, power, conditioning, core, etc Today, I wanted to give you a… [Read More]

If I only could pick one exercise…. I get asked this question a lot, “If I only could pick one exercise, what would it be?” This is a loaded question, for many reasons, but just to answer the question. I could pick, The Kettlebell Swing! The KB swing is a total body move, it… [Read More]

Bodyweight and Bands is all you need for the 6 week ACL training program.. As you know I have been talking a lot about ACL injuries and the 6 week online ACL Reduction and Neuromusclar program that is starting next week (Tuesday the 11th) I put together a 90 second video on how resistance bands… [Read More]

Can you believe it is September 1st is tomorrow We finally go back to school in the Boston area on Tuesday To me, September is the January (New Year) for coaches and athletes. This is the time to set up goals and kick them in the teeth, not January 1st With summer winding down,… [Read More]

I have 6 interviews today for The Women’s Basketball Summit I love chatting with all these coaches, strength coaches and other experts in their respected field surrounding basketball After today, I have done 16 interviews and here are my takeways thus far… 1. Surround yourself with a great team (build a culture, community) 2…. [Read More]

New data just came out supporting ACL Injury Prevention Programs.. There was “conclusive evidence that ACL injury prevention programs reduce the risk of all ACL injuries by half in all athletes and non-contact ACL injuries by two-thirds in female athletes. ” You can check out the data HERE! We know basketball and soccer are the… [Read More]

Let’s Talk Conditioning… I hope you had a nice weekend! With the fall sport preseason in full swing and fall AAU try-outs and practices starting, let’s talk conditioning! It is called strength and conditioning for a reason 🙂 While I definitely think girls need to spend more time strength training, I also believe there… [Read More]

It’s a Wrap: Summer Sports Performance Training, How to Train Like a Boss We just wrapped our sports performance summer training Every female athlete should have been strength training, conditioning this summer to prepare for fall sports and especially for post season basketball as pre-season starts after Labor Day I wanted to send a… [Read More]

Last week, we went through where to start… Nail down your athletic stance Work on your mobility and stability Today, let’s talk strength Yes! Girls should absolutely be strength training I spoke with the University of South Carolina head strength coach last week and we talked about how physical the game of basketball is and… [Read More]

Improve Your Speed and Stay Injury Free: Stability and Mobility Yesterday, we went through how to nail down the athletic stance Did you or your athlete set up properly? The next thing we want to nail down to improve your strength, speed, agility and prevent injury is check the stability and mobility of… [Read More]

One simple way to improve your speed, agility and prevent injury: nail down the athletic stance! I always check my athlete’s athletic stance before we start training and at my clinic’s Athletes always should move from their hips not knees! Watch this 1 minute video, as I go through the proper set up and… [Read More]

Good Monday Morning Coaches, how would you like a “done for you” blueprint that shows you exactly how to run an ACL injury prevention clinic? I use this exact blueprint with my coaching clients and in my own clinic’s I run before basketball season and before spring AAU season We, as coaches have the… [Read More]

5 Minutes for 5 Days ACL Injury Prevention Challenge (Day 4) Today is day 4! We are moving right along 🙂 Let’s talk strength today Monday, we talked form and foundation Tuesday was single leg work, how to land Yesterday was the 4 way lunge, training all planes of motion Today is the Kettlebell… [Read More]

Good Morning Jen, This week, we are talking about 5 minutes for 5 days for ACL injury prevention You can do these exercises in 5 minutes to help work on your balance, power, single leg strength, strength, landing mechanics and deceleration Monday, I gave you two exercises: defensive stance and single leg balance. Yesterday, we… [Read More]

5 minutes for 5 days for ACL injury prevention Yesterday, I gave you two exercises: defensive stance and single leg balance. Did you do your 5 minute homework? Today, let’s talk about ice skaters Ice Skaters are great for single leg strength, hip stability, lateral movement but also let’s us see how our athletes land… [Read More]